libyaan leader, his family, and assisted. the white house is urging the leader to leave as soon as possible. in wisconsin, the budget battle continues. good morning for this sunday, february 27. if you could advise the president to sit down with one person, who would that be? 202-737-0001 our line for republicans and 202-737-0002 for democrats and if you are an independent, the number to call is 202-628-0205. a look at some of the headlines from outside washington. in madison, wisconsin, saturday s gathering the largest so far as 70,000 demonstrated against the budget cuts. the headline is the anatomy of a protest. meanwhile, from the pittsburgh post gazette, obama urges gadhafi to quit. many believe the changes could herald a new dawn of a new epoch after centuries of humiliation in the arab world. the chicago tribune , rahm emanuel prepares to take over as the new mayor on may 16. advice for the new mayor. if he won with 55% of the vote. in boston, the boston globe, a si
it s a great moment for them to be here. it seems like most of the energy, most of the political action in the state is driven by governors, including in my home state of wisconsin where i thought i d never see the day that something other than the packers crushing the steelers would get this much attention. we are honored to have two of the most influential governors here today. we have the head of the democratic governors association, maryland governor martin o malley, and republican governor association chairman rick perry, governor of texas. we re going to have a conversation here led by jonathan martin. two housekeeping items before we get-going. one, there s cards by your chairs where you can write questions and ask them of the governors later in the day. and also, there s information for the hash tag, which is state solutions to engage in the conversation on twitter. so i ll turn it over to jay martin. thank you, governors. thank you for joining us here on a rainy mo
from the state journal where school districts are now scrambling. as many as 2000 teachers will be getting layoff notices because of budget cuts in rhode island. school districts have until monday to send out their preliminary layoff notices. also, the layoff clock is ticking, that is the headline from the milwaukee journal sentinel. public workers share of fears about changes. saudi vows to boost oil production and it s the turmoil, most notably in libya. and gm braces for higher prices. there is a headline that i want to catch your attention on oil prices that puts the fragile u.s. economy at risk. one of the photographs is from 1973. sorry, no gas. asked nixon for some is the assigned. is assigned. our question just how fragile is the u.s. economy? we will start with ronald joining us from cleveland, ohio, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a question. why doesn t the media describe the pythagorean mindset? what is the idea of controlling t
we understand that climate change and what it will bring. we want to get ahead of that. dealing with a sigh into making sure we have a good understanding of the future is an important thing. it is important to communities throughout our country. this one is from reed ol orich from utah. he is concerned about protection of public land in utah. any comments? is there any action on cedar breaks gaining national monument status? we can have a conversation about all these lands as we move forward. i have a meeting with governor herbert who has started a public land use policy with in utah some of these projects are projects and land areas that we will have on the table for discussion about the future. we will wind down in a minute but i want to morph a couple of questions. there is one from patrick fitzgerald and jorge madrid. out in the department of interior support the development of renewable energy on tribal lands? we have great potential on tribal lands or ignoble en
the right the founders musten door. president obama passing his support. we want to get your thoughts on this topic call us host: talking about the reaction from legislatures. a big boost from mr. blooum. he s quoted as saying, i mraud his the headline for washington post goes along to say the preference defends plans for the new york mosque. the new york post, their front page, he blesses ground zero mosque. to georgia on the independent line. the first of the topic caller: i i agree if we are going to be a country of freedom without punishing those who are not fan atticks. what do you make up as the reaction of this story he s enacted a lot of bills. there s no immediate reaction. the new york daily news offers thoughts on this. president obama discerns credit awaiting the mosque just one problem, he adds. he shouldn t have made the statement at an event. that s from this morning in the new york daily news. missouri on the republican line. go ahead. caller: i think